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SBU Theater presents locally inspired play

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BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The theater program at St. Bonaventure University, SBU Theater, is presenting “Miracle on South Division Street”, a comedic play, through Saturday. The writer of the play, Tom Dudzick, has ties to Western New York, spending some of his early years in Buffalo. According to Dudzick, the play represents “back in…

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SBU brings back a classic

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By M.K. Killen News Assignment Editor SBU Theater calls on its past comedy success for its presentation of one-act comedy Festival, opening next week. One Act Festival 7: Latest Hits will feature seven one-act comedies performed in the last 15 years of SBU Theater. “This is our seventh one-act festival. The last one we did…

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Four nights of Twelfth Night

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By Andrea Fernandes Associate Editor The characters of “Twelfth Night” were swept onto the Garret Theater’s stage this past Wednesday and Thursday night and will be back Friday and Saturday. There was a full house for the opening night of the Shakespearean play performed by students. As the audience entered the Garret Theater to find…

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Musical hops to Bona’s

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By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer Tapping into the inner child of the SBU theater group, the cast will perform the musical “A Year with Frog and Toad” March 20 through 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Brett Keegan, a senior philosophy major, will play Frog and Ian Rogers,…

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Bonaventure’s one act festival amuses audiences

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By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer   SBU Theater’s production of “Knowing and Un-Knowing” captivated audiences with its comical interpretation depicting how humans (and apes) decipher the meaning of life. The 80-minute one-act play festival, directed by Ed. Simone, chairperson of the department of visual and performing arts, shows characters struggling to develop their understanding of…

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‘More than Before’ shines on Bonaventure stage

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By Mary Best Managing Editor   Without a doubt, SBU Theater’s unconventional production of “More than Before” last weekend was bigger, braver and ultimately more brilliant than anything SBU Theater has produced in the past. The 70-minute drama, directed by Ed. Simone, chairperson of the department of visual and performing arts, follows Girl’s reaction to…

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Playwright visits Bonaventure theater

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By Mary Best Managing Editor SBU Theater produces a wide variety of plays – from William Shakespeare and Anton Chekov to festivals of one-act plays by regional playwrights. This fall’s drama carries on that tradition with the full-length debut of Washington D.C. playwright Kathryn Coughlin’s “More than Before.” “The play is a meta-theatrical look at…

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‘Midsummer’ enchants

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By Mary Best Opinion Editor Swirls of fantasy, love, fairies and mischief adorned the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts this week in SBU Theater’s fresh and colorful production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The comedy, directed by Dr. Ed. Simone, chairperson of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, follows three…

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